Amarillo Hosts Inaugural High School Basketball Tourney
Amarillo welcomes 15 visiting teams for the first high school basketball tournament in the city. Games run from 1:00 pm in the Physical Ed Gym and 7:30 pm featuring Phillips 66 versus Clements Sporting Goods with Amarillo vs Farwell at 8:30. Tickets cost 50 cents plus admission for the All-Star game.
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Amarillo
Hedley
Owls
Dalhart
Wolves
Memphis
West Texas
Endee
New Mexico
Happy
Canyon
Bushland
Davis Hill
Amarillo Sandies
West Texas State Teachers College
Hill
Sandies
Crack Farwell
Tyler
Clements Sporting Goods
Phillips
Presbyterian Preachers Defeat Groom Five 41 to 27
The Presbyterian Preachers led early and downed Groom five 41 to 27 on Groom court. Bob Lovelady led Groom seconds with 16 points in the first game while H. G. Wilson's Groom squad totaled 20 points in the two games, and Wilson noted a postponed game with Hedley giving a rest before Phillips 66 contest next Monday.
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Groom Court
H. G. Wilson
Bob Lovelady
Wilson
Presbyterians Pos
Lovelady
Black
Peeve
Yocham
Sseseee
Hasley
Walker
Caciuses
Colal
de A Whatley
Vance
Ciysess Wise Carey
Townsend
Mayicaa
Oss G
Williams
UREAL
Cey
The
Preachers
Hedley
Phillips
Yannigans
Dallas Ice Kings Defeat Rangers In High-Scoring Tilt
In San Antonio last night the Dallas Ice Kings rallied with five second period goals to topple the San Antonio Rangers 7 to 6. Chuck Garding stood out early for Dallas while Jim Riley starred for San Antonio. Amby Moran boosted Dallas with powerful shots forcing Rangers goalie Ardiff from goal.
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United Press
San Antonio
Tex
San Antonio Rangers
Jack Cannon
Ice Kings
Rangers
Chuck Garding
Kings
Big Jim Riley
Amby Moran
Tulsa Oilers
Ardiff
Dallas
Muller
Moran
J. Cannon
Garding
McLaughlin
Farrell
Hugar
Smith
Riley
Berke
Tomlinson
Eve Ferrara Sues Cubs Over Injuries at Wrigley Field
Miss Evelyn Ferrara the National Woman's Discus Throw Champion filed a $10,000 suit against the Chicago Cubs alleging a hand injury from a broken bottle during a rush to grab a baseball at Wrigley Field on August 15.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Evelyn Ferrara
Chicago Cubs
Wrigley Field
Ferrara
Modern David Kills Man in Store Hold-Up
Irving Staab a 17 year old high school student and two friends confronted a grocery store hold up in Seattle. Staab threw stones hitting one bandit in the forehead who died hours later at a hospital. The incident ended with the bandits escaping.
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United Press
Seattle
Irving Staab
David Here
Staab
Dan Bunker
Baer Set to Box Heeney in Madison Square Garden Bout
Max Baer meets Tom Heeney in a ten round heavyweight clash at Madison Square Garden tonight. Baer aims to prove his power and speed while Heeney fights with heart as crowds expect a decisive finish. Jack Dempsey referees the main card, drawing a near full house.
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Henry McLemore
United Press
New York
Max Adelbert Baer
Madison Square Garden
Tom Heeney
New Zealand
Heeney
Baer
Schaaf
Tom
Jack Dempsey
Manassa Mauler
Dempsey
Otto von Porat
Phil Scott
von Porat
Jack
Cagers Loom Best in Big Six This Week
Kansas Jayhawks shown as Big Six favorites as Kansas, Kansas State Aggies, Nebraska, Iowa State enter trio of Saturday games. Iowa State and Nebraska undefeated, Oklahoma slipping. Jayhawks face Aggie Wildcats in Manhattan while Missouri meets Iowa State and Nebraska tackles Oklahoma in a pivotal card.
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K.A
William B. Dickinson, Jr
United Press
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Kansas Aggies
Nebraska
Iowa State
Iowa Cyclones
Aggies
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Jayhawkers
Norman
Lawrence
K. A
Aggie Wildcats
Manhattan
Wildcats
K. U
Bishop
Bill Johnson
Frosty Cox
Iowa State Boys
Louis Menze
Mongrel Pup Leads Youths Through Fog Rescue
In Albion New York on January 16 Sandy a mongrel hunting dog saved two boys Leon Cooney 12 and John 11 from being lost in foggy weather. The dog refused to follow the boys and instead led them back to the Cooney home after wandering for hours on their father’s farm.
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United Press
Albion
N. Y
Sandy
Leon Cooney
John
Cooney
Hair tonic ads barred under FTC agreement
A hair tunic sold in interstate commerce will not be advertised as a sure treatment for growing hair. The company signed a stipulation with the FTC to quit that advertising.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Defense Styles in Eastern and Big Ten Basketball
Coach Everett Dean explains man to man as the dominant defense in the Eastern Intercollegiate and Big Ten with zone play gaining some support in Missouri Valley. He describes matched assignments by height speed and strength and notes zone defense as effective on narrow floors and as a surprise when other defenses lead.
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Everett
Indiana University
Missouri Valley
Allen
Kansas
Beauty Contest to Highlight Wrestling Card Tonight at Armory
Tonight at the Second and Polk Street Armory the card opens with Bull Montana versus Nap De Vora and a beauty contest pitting Dutch Mantell against The Bull. Preliminaries feature Roy Welch against Frank O’Hare and Otis Clingman versus Young Sampson with bell time at 8 o’clock.
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al Anderson
Roy Welch
Borger
Frank O'Hare
Otis Clingman
Young Sampson
Polk Street Armory
Texas Tech Falls to West Texas Teachers 81 to 29
Texas Tech, coached by Go lightly, loses to West Texas Teachers 81 to 29 in Lubbock. Burk of Canyon Teachers scores 21 points as Tech prepares for three upcoming road games against Simmons, McMurry, and A. C. The Canyon Teachers are noted as a strong West Texas squad.
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McMurry
A. C
Texas School of Mines
South Plains
Tech
United Press Commerce
Harold Stringer
East Texas Teachers’ Quintet
Abilene Christians
H. Stringer
O. Stringer
Tippen
Lawrence
Christians
Baptist Cadets Face Terrell In JC Conference Opener
Decatur Baptist College basketball opens the Texas Junior College conference on the maple court against Texas Military College cadets. John Tarleton Plowboys, defending JC champions, host Weatherford Junior College after a 26 22 win over Howard Payne and enter the season as favored contenders with a full lineup of lettermen.
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United Press
Paris Junior College
Texarkana Junior College Basketeers
Texarkana
Paul Briggs
J. C. McMillan
Baptist
Terrell
Decatur Baptist College
Texas Military College
Texas Junior College
Stephenville
Texas
Howard Payne
John Tarleton
Weatherford
Agua Caliente Open leads with John Golden at top
John Golden, a Czech-Slovak pro from Noroton Connecticut, held a three stroke lead over Ed Dudley as the Agua Caliente Open progressed into its third round in Agua Caliente Mexico. Fifty-two pros and 19 amateurs advanced to the final two rounds, with Dudley and Dutra tied for third and Gene Sarazen in a multi-way tie for fifth after 36 holes.
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George Kirkley
United Press
Agua Caliente
Mex
John Golden
Noroton
Conn
Ed Dudley
Wilmington
Del
Golden
Dudley
MacDonald “Smith
Great Neck
L. I
Mortie Dutra
Long Beach
Cal
Dutra
Geng Sarazen
Fresh Meadows
N. Y
Sarazen
Ralph Guldahl
Dallas
Texas
Willard Hutchinson
Chicago
Horton Smith
Cragston
George von Elm
Los Angeles
Chet Beer
Bakersfield
Leo Diego
Tommy Armour
Tony Manero
Elmsford
Willie Hunter
Montebello
Armour
Mexico
MacDonald Smith
Calif
Shotwell Holds Out On Breck Contract
Breckenridge Eich School remained without an athletic coach as P. E. Shotwell refused to sign a contract at a special Board of Education session this week.
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Shotwell
Breck
United Press
Breckenridge, Tex
Breckenridge Eich School
P. E. Shotwell
Board of Education
Buffaloes of West Texas Rest for Game
West Texas Buffaloes, after a 2-0 road sweep of Texas Tech in Lubbock, rest in Canyon before a tough home tilt with Phillips 66 tomorrow night. Coach Sam Burton’s crew has five wins in six starts, with Baylor beating them opening night. success hinges on focus and strong teamwork to challenge the Oilers.
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West Texas
Canyon
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Sam Burton
West Texas Buffaloes
Phillips ‘66
Phillips
Buffs
Baylor Bears
Oilers
Louisa Wilke
Texas Cage Favorites In First Big Tests
Texas Longhorns begin their SWC invasion of North Texas with a Fort Worth matchup against TCU tonight and a Saturday clash with SMU. The stakes center on clear frontrunners in the 1931 title race as Rice and Arkansas engage in key results while Baylor opens against Rice Owls in Waco.
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Gayle Talbot, JR
Associated Prean
Dallay
Texas Christian
Southern Methodist
University of Texas Longhorns
North Texas
Steers
Arkansas
T. ©. U. Horned Frogs
Fort Worth
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Methodists
Owls
Fayetteville
Texas A. & M
John Reid
Razorbacks
Toomorrow
Aggies
Baylor
Waco
Rice Owls
Bears
Round Rock Crossing
Buffalo Gym Gets Packed for Apex of Season Clash
A night game at Buffalo gym draws the largest crowd of the year as teams face off in what could be the season’s defining matchup. Tipoff is at 8 o clock with fans expected to fill the arena for this major showdown.
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Buffalo Gym
Ohio Trapshoot To Be Held August 22
Open Trapshooting Championship will be held in Vandalia on Saturday August 22 with amateurs and professionals competing for a purse not less than 7500 dollars announced by the Amateur Trapshooting Association Executive Committee.
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United Press
Amateur Trapshooting Association
Fights Last Night Vote Counts Winners
In Pittsburgh Billy Rose of Cincinnati outpointed Benny McArthur of Saginaw Michigan in ten rounds. In Philadelphia Arthur De Reve of Washington DC outpointed Eddie Reed of Philadelphia in eight rounds.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Billy Rose
Cincinnati
Benny McArthur
Saginaw
Mich
Philadelphia
Arthur de Reve
Washington, D. C
Eddie Reed
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